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George went to Lucy.
He stared down at her.
"I got an itch and your gonna scratch it honey." He grinned.
Aiden saw Lucy's face, it was emotionless now, as though resigned to her fate, she said nothing.
While Jesse was tending the horses, George was undoing his pants. "Now, you be nice to old George and I might just let you live… " he chuckled bending over her.
But before he could reach to touch her, Aiden jumped him, and they rolled down the incline of the rocks and wrestled with each other. Jesse was standing there, but he didn't do anything except pick up his rifle. He waited.
Aiden bested him quickly with several punches. "Stop, stop, I can't take no more," George gave up after several punches in the face, his nose and his mouth were bleeding, and he was near tears.
"I ought to kill you for what you were going to do."
"Aiden," Lucy voice broke, "don’t. Let's get out of here."
Aiden knocked him out and grabbed Lucy's hand, spitting the ropes around her with one whack of his knife.
Jesse got a shot off at him and hit him in the leg. Lucy took the big knife out of Aiden's scabbard and threw it at him, hitting him in the stomach. Jesse fell to the ground with a thud. He fell on the knife, making it go deep enough to kill him.
George reared up and started shouting, he wrestled with the ropes. Seeing he wouldn’t give up, Aiden threw his knife and got George.
Knowing they were finally safe, Lucy began to tie off Aiden's thigh so he wouldn't bleed to death with his bandana
He glanced up at her and grinned. "You alright?"
"I'm fine." Her voice was dull though.
He reached and pulled her chin around with the crook of his finger. "No, you're not, but you're gonna be." He pulled her down and into his arms now. "I got something real important to tell you."
She shook her head, "It'll hold. I've got to get that bullet out of you."
"Can you take it out?" he questioned.
"Sure, I can. Let me go get the knife." She went to get the knives they threw. She stared down at both the men. "Serves you right, boys."
She built a small fire and cleaned the knives.
She glanced at Aiden. He was sweating and losing some blood.
Without a grimace, she got the bullet out of his leg. Then she looked into his face, "I got to burn it, Aiden."
"I know, get to it."
"I love you… " she said softly.
His eyes stared into hers now, "God, I love you too, Lucy."
Her mouth dropped open in shock, but she recovered quickly and took the hot steel-edged knife and seared his wound. He passed out.
She lifted his head up and put him in her lap and cried. "I've longed to hear you say it Aiden." She cried as she held him there.
It got very cold and she brought the blankets from the horses, and spread them out, then she laid down with Aiden and held him close all night.
Toward morning, he opened his eyes again and saw her cuddled into him. "I'll never get tired of sleeping with you, lady."
She opened her eyes and saw him grinning.
